Your Favorite Schools

Each year, roughly 5.6% of California students graduate with degrees in liberal arts.
In other words, every year an estimated 49,764 liberal arts professionals graduate from California's 209 liberal arts schools.

Top Schools

Stanford University, which was ranked 2nd nationwide in 2010, is the top-ranked school in California that has a liberal arts program. It is located in Stanford.
In 2010, Stanford University graduated 53 students from its liberal arts program.
Stanford University charged in-state students $40,172 in tuition fees per year.

The second-ranked school in California with a liberal arts program is University of California-Berkeley, which is located in Berkeley. In 2010, it was ranked 5th nationwide.
In 2010, 96 students graduated from University of California-Berkeley liberal arts program.
University of California-Berkeley charged in-state students $10,940 in tuition fees per year.

The third-ranked school in California with a liberal arts program is University of California-Los Angeles, which is located in Los Angeles. In 2010, it was ranked 5th nationwide.
In 2010, University of California-Los Angeles graduated 134 students from its liberal arts programs.
University of California-Los Angeles charged in-state students $10,781 in tuition fees per year.

Cost

If you choose to attend a California liberal arts school, average tuition will be $8,919 per year. However, tuition at your particular institution may range from $624 per year to $41,130 per year.
The highest tuition rates in 2010 at California liberal arts schools were charged at the following schools:

Pitzer College - located in Claremont, students are charged $41,130 per year

University of Southern California - located in Los Angeles, students are charged $41,022 per year

Occidental College - located in Los Angeles, students are charged $40,939 per year

The liberal arts schools that charged the lowest tuition rates in California were:

West Hills College Lemoore - located in Lemoore, students are charged $624 per year

San Joaquin Delta College - located in Stockton, students are charged $624 per year

Barstow Community College - located in Barstow, students are charged $624 per year

A liberal arts degree from a California school... what next?

The largest populations of California liberal arts professional are working in the following counties:

Los Angeles County - 2,020 liberal arts professionals

San Diego County - 900 liberal arts professionals

Orange County - 710 liberal arts professionals

Salary

On average, liberal arts professionals earn $92,650 per year.
However, California liberal arts professional earned anywhere in the range from as less than $27,150 per year to more than $148,390 per year in 2010.
The counties in California with the highest average salary for liberal arts professionals are:

Riverside County - $120,590 per year

Fresno County - $96,290 per year

San Benito County - $95,890 per year

Liberal arts professionals in the following counties in California make the lowest salaries on average: